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Published Tuesday through
Saturday mornings during
the University year, the
Daily Collegian is a student'
operated newspaper. *
Entered as second-class matter July S, 1934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879.
MIKE FEINSILBP.R, Editor
MIKE MII.I.EIt. AnxocUte Editor
Managing Editor, Huger Ileidler; City Editor, Don Shoe- Adv, Mgr., Jerry Fried; National Adv. Mgr., Estelle Caplan;
maker; Copy Editor, Dotlie Stone; Spirts Editor, Roy Wil- Co-Circulation Mgrs., Israel Schwab, Christine Kauffman;
liams: Editorial Director, Jackie Hudgins; Assistant Sports Promotion Mgr., Delite Hoopes; Co-Personnel Mgrs., Aletta
Editor. Ron (Gatehouse; Photography Editor. Ron Walker; Manbcck, Connie Anderson; Office Mgr., Ann Keesey; Clasni-
Sentor Hoard, Ron l.cik. fled Adv- Mgr., Peggy Davis; Secretary, Li! Melko; Research
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Ed Dubbs; Copy Editors, Dick Hufnagel, Vince Carocci; Assist
ants, Lou Prato, Dave Bronstein, Pat O’Neill.
Look Ahead, Not Away, Dixieland
When the governor of Georgia tried to cancel
the~Pitt-Georgia Tech Sugar Bowl game last
December because of the possibility of a Negro
player being in the Pitt line-up, it was the stu
dent body of Georgia Tech which howled in
protest.
Again, today, the student body of a Southern
school is howling.
We thought that in the Georgia Tech incident
we saw signs of Southern college students
demonstrating enlightened attitudes about
equality of the races. But apparently we were
wrong. Apparently, the Georgia students were
protesting only because they wanted to see
football, not because they wanted to see equality.
We’re forced into this conclusion because, in
Alabama, Southerners are rioting against equal
ity, Students at the University of Alabama are
chanting “Dixie” in the streets to protest the
University’s admission of a Negro student, Miss
Autherine Lucy. This time it was the trustees
of the university, one of whom is Alabama’s
Gov. James E. Folsom, who showed sense and
willingness to acknowledge the truth.
The truth which the trustees accepted is that
the Supreme Court of the United States out
lawed discriminaion in public education on May
17. 1954. The trustees may not agree with the
high court in believing that discrimination on
the campus is in conflict with the “equal pro
tection” clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
But they respect the law of the land, as de
termined by the court.
A Silent, Soggy Hello
Almost lost in the hustle and hurry of the
approximately 11,000 “old hands” who expertly
scurried from building to building in yesterday’s
rain were some 600'newcomers to the University
who got their first taste of Penn State’s cheery
climate as they chased confusedly about in
search of elusive classes.
We wouldn’t blame them if their spirits are
a bit dampened today.
The relatively few Febraury entrants io the
University proper receive little attention when
compared to that which is lavished on the mas
sive group which enters in September. This is
unfortunate, but little can be done about the
situation for fairly obvious reasons.
But the student who has just arrived should
not deduce from this that he is not welcome
or is regarded as a poor' cousin.
That is not the case. The very smallness of
the group of new students in comparison with
the rest of the student body, the fact that
February freshmen are not required to wear
customs, the typical grey dark skies so familiar
to every Penn Stater in this season, and the
fact that many of the “old hands” are once
again in the process of beginning the same
courses they began last semester, are probably
more cogent reasons for the lukewarm recep
tion many new students may have felt their
classmates afforded them yesterday.
This is no reason for the new student to feel
discouraged. The newcomer will soon learn that
to make his mark at the University he must do
2 Students Named
To Hillel Committee
Tw o temporary appointments
to the Executive Committee of
Hillel Foundation have been
made to replace students who will
be student-teaching.
Harriet Steinman, junior in ed
ucation from Philadelphia, will
replace Joan Rapoport as acting
women's vice-president, and
Richard Rubinstein, senior in
business administration from Mc-
Keesport, will replace Natalie
Moskowitz as acting treasurer.
Miss Mokowitz’s place on the
average from 2:48 for the fall
Committee of Thirteen will be
taken by Janet Gershman. senior
in arts and letters from Dumont,
N.J.
McCarthy to Speak
At AICE Meeting
J. R. McCarthy from the Kop
per’s Company of Pittsburgh will
speak on Development of Chemi
cal Engineering at the meeting
of the American Institute of
Chemical Engineers at 7.30 p.m.
in 119 Osmond.
Concrete plans will be made
for the Eastern District Conven
tion to be held at the University
on April G and 7.
®lfp Hath} Collegian
Sucreooor to THE FREE LANCE, eat. 1887
University Gets
$5500 in Stock
A gift of shares of common
stock valued at nearly $5500 has
been presented to the University
by George H. Deike of Pittsburgh,
a graduate of the University and
vice president of the Board of
Trustees.
One thousand dollars of the am
ount will be added to the Levi
Lamb Scholarship Fund for ath
letic grants-in-aid and the bal
ance to the Kenneth T. Deike
Memorial Scholarship Fund. The
latter fund provides for scholar
ships based on need, character,
qualities of leadership, scholastic
ability and athletic ability.
It was established by Deike in
1950 in memory of his son, Ken
neth T. Deike, a 1930 graduate
who died in 1939.
CPA to Meet Tonight
The senior board of the Central
Promotion Agency will meet at
6:45 tonight in the Hetzel Union
Building.
Collegian Ad Staff to Meet
The advertising staff of the
Daily Collegian will meet at 8
tonight in 9 Carnegie.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
JACK ALBRECHT, Business Manager
Co-Asst. Butt Mgrs., John Kmetz, Dorothea Kaltlys
Virginia Latshaw,
nnd Records Mgr,
This respect for the law was sadly lacking in
the actions of the Alabama noise-makers in the
streets of Tuscaloosa.
Sad, too, was the decision of the university to
allow Miss Lucy to only attend classes, barring
her from the dormitories and campus dining
halls. And it is unfortunate that police had io
be called in to protect her as she walked from
class to class.
However, we can be encouraged that it was
only a small minority pf the Alabama students
who chose to yelp, that Miss Lucy courageously
chose to remain enrolled at the university, and
- that the trustees chose to respect the law even
if they shunned the principle upon which it
was based.
Some day, students and governors in Georgia,
in Alabama, throughout the South—and in the
North, too—will accept both the ruling of the
court and the simple moral (and physiological)
truth of the equality of all races—on football
fields, on campuses, and everywhere.
How long it will be until that day comes de
pends upon the moral integrity and the sensi
bility of people everywhere. These qualities are
still lacking in the students who would rather
raise cain than face facts at the University of
Alabama.
Notwithstanding, the song the Alabama stu
dents were chanting on the streets of Tusca
loosa. in Dixie old times there must some day
bo forgotten.
Gazette. •.
CENTRAL PROMOTION AGENCY (senior board), 6:45 p.m..
Hetzel Union
DAILY COLLEGIAN ADVERTISING STAFF, 8 p.m.,
Carnegie
JUDICIAL, 6:15 p.m., 213 Hetzel Union
LANTERN CIRCULATION CANDIDATES, 7 p.m., 9 Car-
negie
LAVIE ACTIVITIES STAFF (junior board), 7 p.m., 412
Old Main
LAVIE ART STAFF, 7 p.m., 201 Temporary
NEWMAN CLUB PUBLICITY COMMITTEE, 7 p.m., 104
Willard
NEWMAN CLUB RADIO COMMITTEE. 7 p.m., 211 Willard
PENN STATE CAMERA CLUB, 7 p.m., 215 HUB
YOUNG REPUBLICANS, 7 p.m., 213 HUB
LAVIE ACTIVITIES STAFF (junior board), 7 p.m.
Old Main
PENN STATE PLAYERS ADVERTISING CREW, 7 p.m..
Schwab Auditorium loft
FHI MU ALPHA, 9 p.m., 117 Carnegie
University Hospital
William Blisi, Elizabeth Elliott, Mary Grove, Donald
Harrison. William Kopf, James Lambert, Ethel Littles,
Robert McNeil, John Maher, Alletta Manbeck, Charles Mar
shall, Barbara Shafer, Flora Singer, and Gordon Wiser.
it largely on his own. This perhaps is unfor
tunate. but should be recognized as inevitable
at a large university such as Penn State.
The rewards are here if one seeks them. The
friendships are here if one seeks them. All
sorts of wonderful new experiences are here
if one seeks them.
Remember that and you can be happy here.
Remember that you’re on your own.
Honorary Initiates
25 Students, Grads
Twenty-five students and re
cent graduates of the University
have been initiated into Phi Kap
pa Phi, national scholastic honor
society.
The new members are: Loretta
Hunter, Sara Henry, Albert
Moore, Sherry Kofman, David
Morgan, Rufus Benton, Christine
Kauffman, Peggy Morris, Carol
Reagles, Shirley Fry, Carl Wolge
muth, Richard Craine.
Constance Weitknecht, Jane
Tressler, Phyllis Prizer, Marie
Jordan, Joan Reese, Marjorie Tay
lor, Alexander Simkovich,
Thomas Robbins, George Schnei
der, Herbert Million. Martha Mac-
Donald, Charles McKay, and Joan
Herbst.
Japanese Prints
On Display at HUB
A collection of 20 th century
Japanese prints are now on dis
play in the art gallery of the
Hetzel Union Building. The ex
hibition will continue until
March 2.
The collection was assembled
by Andrew Grflgan of Lock
Haven, who visited Japan follow
ing World War IL
Editorials represent the
viewpoints of the writers,
not necessarily the policy
of the paper, the student
body, or the University.
—The Editor
Tomorrow
—Mike Miller
Little Man on Campus
jemu ttEgE
"Th' guys who write up these catalogs forget we don't have
a college education yet."
On Assignment
At Commencement
A friend of ours picked up his BS at Rec Hall last Week and set
out into the business world, although he told us quite frankly he was
“scared to death.”
“It’s that sort of feeling you get,” he said, “when your parents
leave you on your first day at college. And the next thing you know
they’ll be wanting to take me into somebody’s Army.”
While we feel a certain amount
of apathy about his remarks, we
personally consider it quite an
achievement when June rolls
around and it’s our turn to march
down that aisle (or down that cin
der track at Beaver Field, depend
ing upon the faithful rain). To see
just what the whole program’s
like, we were on hand for last
January’s commencement exer
cises in Rec Hall, and the notes
we scribbled on our souvenier pro
gram went something like this:
Rec Hall jammed io rafters
with parents, relatives, well
wishers. Flashbulbs popping
everywhere in balcony. Presi
dent Eisenhower leads proces
sional accompanied by speaker.
Nelson Rockefeller, Crowd
rises. Impressive sight. Black
robes everywhere, like Supreme
Court in session, or something.
Few Army, Navy, Air ROTC
uniforms stand out. One fellow
in marine uniform. How'd he
ever get in?
Degrees conferred by President
Eisenhower. Candidates imme
diately move tassel to left side of
cap. Now legally graduates. Girl
in back row has trouble with tas
sel, takes cap off, moves tassel to
left, puts cap back on. Hardly
noticed. Girl sneezes, Instantly no
ticed.
Individual degrees handed out
by college deans—something new.
Good idea if it’ll work. Goes off
without hitch. Lou Bell, director
of public information, sits in back,
times proceedings with stop
watch. Nods approvingly. Speaker
delivers customary talk, ceremony
ends, graduates march out. Par
ent stops Mr. Rockefeller, shakes
hand, tells him how much she en
joyed his address. Rockefeller
dons Chesterfield overcoat, leaves.
We extend congratulations io
all those who made it through
Penn State in four years, and
especially io the lone Associate
in Engineering graduate, decked
out in a light blue robe, who
made it in only two.
The following item, printed in
part, appeared in the Feb. 5 issue,
of the Pittsburgh Press:
“A 71-year-old Lawrenceville
man was hit by a trolley last
night while crossing in the 3700
block of Butler St The trolley,
inbound from Sharpsburg, was
operated by Forrest Gilbert, 3, of
45 Obey Ave., West End.”
This could have been pre
vented, you know, by giving
those drivers a little more ex
perience.
In and around the campus and
the College of Business Adminis-
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1956
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By RON WALKER.
tration, Professor Ralph Wherry,
who heads the Commerce Depart
ment, is known as a one-man
Penn State Chamber of Com
merce.
We’ve heard a lot said about
the man but the best one we know
of concerns the time he was in
New York City and stopped in at
a 5 & 10. One of the counters was
filled with assorted college pen
nants from around 'the country.
Professor Wherry, we are fold,
went through all the pennants,
collected all the Penn State
ones he could find—about 20 or
25—and laid them on lop of the
others.
A friend of ours received this
in the mail the other day pre
ceding his eviction:
"Dear Sirs:
'There are entirely too many
visitors and too much noise in
your apartment after 11 p.m.
"We must request that there
be less noise and not so many
visitors or we will report you to
the Dean of Men which might
cause a great deal of embarrass
ment to the coeds and yourself.
"If it continues you will have
to vacate and lose your deposit."
Knowing the fellow the way we
do, we wouldn’t be the least sur
prised if he penned the following
reply: “All right, all right, if that’s
the way you feel about it, we’ll get
the girls out of here. But if you
ever try to take my deposit money,
I’ll sue.”
Glennland Names
Swimming Hours
Glennland Swimming Pool of
ficials have announced hours for
recreational swimming.
Men students may swim Mon
day through Friday from 4 to 5
p.m., and Tuesday and Friday
evenings from 7 to 9.30. Admis
sion for all students is by matri
culation card.
Monday evening from 7 to 9:30
is reserved for faculty, staff, em
ployees, and student couples. The
faculty, staff and employees may
obtain tickets for $1.50 at the
Bursar’s *office.
Tonight on WDFM
7:15 Sign On
7 :20 News and Sports
7:30 Phil Wein Show
8;30 phi Mu Alpha
9:00 Top Drawer
9:15 News
9:30 This World of Music
10:35 , ~ llLm Sign Off
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